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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1990, 12:03 AM CDT for Wise County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1990, 12:03 AM CDT (05:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1990, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wise County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado F1 | Wise, TX | |
| May 30, 12:50 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wise, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Stephenville/Cla, TX (KSEP), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFTW 300504 TORFTW TXC497-300600- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1203 AM CDT WED MAY 30 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...WISE COUNTY AT MIDNIGHT...BRIDGEPORT POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN NORTHEAST OF HIGHWAY 114 NEAR PARADISE. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. THE PARENT STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 8:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ021>023-026>028-301200- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TEXAS 835 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENTON...MCKINNEY...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...COMANCHE... CLEBURNE AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT FOR THE EXTREME WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. AT 825 PM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ARCHER CITY TO NEAR THROCKMORTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT THE PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT...THESE STORMS SHOULD BE NEAR THE POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE ...BRIDGEPORT AREA AROUND 10 PM...AND SHOULD BE APPROACHING THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX AROUND MIDNIGHT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...EXTENDED FROM NEAR SAN ANGELO TO NEAR BALLINGER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS FOR TONIGHT. THE WATCH IS GENERALLY EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO WEATHERFORD TO CORSICANA AND TO CARTHAGE. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND THE CITIES OF SHERMAN... PARIS...TYLER AND LONGVIEW. KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION. GET THE LATEST WEATHER STATEKMENTS AND WARNINGS BY LISTENING TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, May 29, 8:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
TXZ021>023-025>028-301200- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...RETRANSMITTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TEXAS 835 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GAINESVILLE... SHERMAN...DENTON...MCKINNEY...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...COMANCHE... CLEBURNE AND THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT TONIGHT FOR THE EXTREME WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS. AT 825 PM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ARCHER CITY TO NEAR THROCKMORTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT THE PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT...THESE STORMS SHOULD BE NEAR THE POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE ...BRIDGEPORT AREA AROUND 10 PM...AND SHOULD BE APPROACHING THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX AROUND MIDNIGHT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...EXTENDED FROM NEAR SAN ANGELO TO NEAR BALLINGER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS FOR TONIGHT. THE WATCH IS GENERALLY EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO WEATHERFORD TO CORSICANA AND TO CARTHAGE. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX AND THE CITIES OF SHERMAN... PARIS...TYLER AND LONGVIEW. KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION. GET THE QLATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS BY LISTENING TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, May 29, 9:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ031-300330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 920 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF BOSQUE...HILL...CORYELL...BELL...AND MCLENNAN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED SOUTHWARD TO INCLUDE ALL OF MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT. AT 9:15 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS GENERALLY FROM NORTH OF BRADY TO EAST OF MINERAL WELLS... NORTHWESTWARD. SOME OF THESE STORMS CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 30 MPH AND COULD BE APPROACHING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF BOSQUE AND CORYELL COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS...OR BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT. < PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD THE SITUATION WARRANT.
Special weather statement, May 29, 10:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
TXZ021>023-025>028-301200- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TEXAS 1000 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST ...CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS FOR TONIGHT. AT 955 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR BOWIE TO JACKSBORO AND TO THROCKMORTON. AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM NEAR COMANCHE NORTHEAST TO EASTLAND AND FARTHER NORTHEAST TO NORTHWEST TARRANT COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING AREAS. KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER FOR YOUR AREA AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 29, 10:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ031-300415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 10:15 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. AT 10:10 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED NORTHWEST OF THE WACO AREA. THE LINE WAS 20 MILES WIDE...AND THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF FORT WORTH... TO NEAR STEPHENVILLE AND BROWNWOOD. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM WEST OF COLEMAN TO SOUTH OF SAN ANGELO...APPARENTLY PART OF THE SAME LINE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST IN WEST TEXAS. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. PERSONS IN MCLENNAN AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP OR MOVE THROUGH THESE COUNTIES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL < FOR SEVERE WEATHER. ALL THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION WILL BE BROADCAST IMMEDIATELY ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
Special weather statement, May 29, 11:17 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
TXZ031-300515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WACO TX 1118 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL TEXAS...ALSO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT... AT 1110 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR STEPHENVILLE TO NEAR FORT WORTH. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE BRUSHING THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BOSQUE AND HILL COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH YOU CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. ALSO MOTORIST SHOULDS USE CAUTION DUE TO POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR ADVISORIES. 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell | 58 min |
| May 29, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Baylor | 48 min |
| May 29, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Archer | 67 min |
| May 29, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 60 min |
| May 29, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 60 min |
| May 29, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wichita | 55 min |
| May 29, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell | 66 min |
| May 29, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 56 min |
| May 29, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Clay | 56 min |
| May 29, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 68 min |
| May 29, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague | 68 min |
| May 29, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Knox | 59 min |
| May 29, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 44 min |
| May 29, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 66 min |
| May 29, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood | 65 min |
| May 29, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Somervell | 40 min |
| May 29, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 50 min |
| May 29, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 60 min |
| May 29, 11:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 4 hr |
| May 29, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton | 63 min |
| May 30, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 52 min |
| May 30, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 67 min |
| May 30, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 36 min |
| May 30, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 58 min |
| May 30, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 65 min |
| May 30, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 66 min |
| May 30, 2:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Navarro | 55 min |
| May 30, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 60 min |
| May 30, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 65 min |
| May 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Smith | 60 min |
| May 30, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith | 52 min |
| May 30, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 63 min |
| May 30, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta | 63 min |
| May 30, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 46 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.